-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sometimes it 's hard to know what to believe about Mario Balotelli .

His two years in England with Manchester City were packed with reports of his eccentric behaviour , from setting his bathroom alight with fireworks -LRB- before being named a fire safety spokesman -RRB- to a training brawl with his club manager , giving money away to strangers ... the list was endless .

And now Italian sports paper Gazzetta dello Sport has reported firstly , on Friday , that the soccer star has been named as one of Time 's 100 most influential people of 2012 -LRB- though there is no evidence of that on the magazine 's website -RRB- and then , on the way to a game on Sunday , he was caught smoking in the toilet of a train , which will cost him a fine .

What is certain is that Balotelli , who appeared on the cover of Time Europe last November , will miss a crucial game next weekend that will have a major impact on his club AC Milan 's hopes of automatically qualifying for next season 's Champions League .

The 22-year-old was booked in third-placed Milan 's 2-2 draw with fellow European hopefuls Fiorentina , for trying to delay an opposition free-kick with 20 minutes to play .

The fourth-placed home side -- at that point 2-1 down and playing with 10 men since before halftime after Nenad Tomovic was sent off for elbowing Balotelli 's strike partner Stephan El Shaarawy -- fought back to equalize through a late penalty by David Pizarro .

It was Fiorentina 's second spot-kick , with Adam Ljajic having reduced the deficit on 66 after goals from midfielders Riccardo Montolivo and Mathiu Flamini had put Milan in charge .

The result left Milan 13 points behind leaders Juventus and four adrift of next weekend 's opponent Napoli -- who beat lowly Genoa 2-0 later Sunday despite a second-half penalty miss by Edinson Cavani .

The top two teams will automatically qualify for the group stage of Europe 's top club competition , in which Milan lost in the last 16 to Barcelona this season , while the third must play in the final qualifying round .

`` Considering the score after the first half , it 's a big slip-up for us , '' Milan assistant coach Mauro Tassotti said on the club 's website .

`` A win would have cut Fiorentina out of the Champions League race as they would have been nine points off . Balotelli will be suspended now against Napoli and Giampaolo Pazzini will play . He now has another full week to improve his condition . ''

Pazzini has been struggling with injury since the March 8 win over Genoa , but came off the bench late in the game against Fiorentina .

Fiorentina could lose fourth place if Lazio win Monday 's Rome derby -- a result which would further dent Inter Milan 's European hopes .

Sixth-placed Inter suffered a shock 4-3 defeat at home to Atalanta , whose veteran Argentine striker German Denis scored a second-half hat-trick to outshine Ricardo Alvarez 's double .

In Spain , Atletico Madrid 's poor second half to the season continued with a 0-0 draw at Getafe in which the third-placed team had Mario Suarez and Diego Godin sent off .

It left Atletico three points behind city rivals Real , and 17 behind leaders Barcelona .

Valencia moved up to fifth with a 2-1 victory at home to 10-man Valladolid to be two points behind Sociedad , holders of the last Champions League spot .

Jonas headed an injury-time winner after Oscar Gonzalez leveled , with Henrique Sereno having been sent off in the 56th minute for fouling Valencia striker Roberto Soldado -- whose resulting penalty was saved . .

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Mario Balotelli will miss AC Milan 's crucial match against Italian rivals Napoli

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Striker was booked during Sunday 's 2-2 draw with 10-man Fiorentina

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Result leaves Milan four points behind second-placed Napoli

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In Spain , third - placed Atletico Madrid draw at Getafe after having two men sent off